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  USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)
San Alberto Bay was renamed Badoeng Strait on 6 November 1943; launched 15 February 1945 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc.[?], Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs.
Between February 1947 and June 1950 Badoeng Strait operated in the Pacific, testing new anti-submarine warfare equipment, training her personnel, and participating in numerous anti-submarine warfare exercises.
Badoeng Strait received the Navy Unit Commendation[?] and six battle stars for her services during the Korean action.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Badoeng_Strait.html   (375 words)

  
 USN Ships--USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)
USS Badoeng Strait, a 10,300-ton Commencement Bay class escort aircraft carrier, was built at Tacoma, Washington.
USS Badoeng Strait was decommissioned in May 1957 and was laid up for the next decade and a half.
Is catapulted from USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), during operations in the eastern Pacific, circa early 1946.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/cve116.htm   (786 words)

  
 USS Fletcher DDE-445 chronology for 1955   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Saturday January 1, USS Fletcher DDE 445 was moored in a nest in Berth 5, Yokosuka, Japan with USS Rupertus DD851, LST 901, and USS Rogers DD876.
Commenced zig zag course with USS Wandank ATA 204.
Fletcher was detached with USS Radford DDE 446, and Edmonds.
www.ussfletcher.org /1955.html   (6474 words)

  
 Corsairs over Korea
Once Badoeng Strait cleared the harbor and was in deep water she turned into the wind and the Corsairs of VMF-214 landed aboard.
Badoeng Strait, troop transport #111, and cargo transport #53, left the convoy and headed for Kobe, Japan.
Badoeng Strait off-loaded the aircraft to be towed to an airfield close by.
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 U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers, Part IV
May 26, 1954 - At 0611, while USS Bennington (CVA 20) was cruising off Narragansett Bay, the fluid in one of her catapults exploded, setting off a series of secondary explosions which killed 103 crewmen and injured 201 others.
USS Hancock (CVA 19) had been recommissioned Feb. 15, 1954, Capt. W.
Formerly CVE 90, the ship was reclassified as an Assault Helicopter Aircraft Carrier on July 1, 1955, and converted to operate helicopters and to accommodate 1,000 Marine combat troops to be flown ashore in amphibious assault.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/cv-hist4.html   (1499 words)

  
 USS Boyd  DD 544   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
U.S.S. BOYD was commissioned May 8, 1943, at the Bethlehem Steel Company Yard, Terminal Island, California, by Captain S. Heim, USN Commandant Navel Operating Base, Terminal Island.
The USS BOYD (DD544) was recommissioned on 24 November 1950 with Commander A.R. accepting her as commanding officer and was accepted by Commander Cruiser Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet on 20 December 1950.
Beginning the cruise as relatively unpracticed sailors or novices unable to acquire correct harmony in Naval duties, the men of the BOYD soon undertook the labors of the developing themselves into a symphonic organization to able to handle the arduous task that were to be assigned them.
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 Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - A Changing Role / Part 2
At the same time, Task Group 96.8 was formed, with the escort carriers USS Sicily and USS Badoeng Strait, to serve as bases for Marine Corps fighter and bomber squadrons.
During this month, the USS Leyte replaced the USS Boxer on Task Force 77, and the HMS Theseus replaced the HMS Triumph on the British Task Force 91.
On October 30, 1951, 20 aircraft from the USS Essex and another 20 planes from the USS Antietam joined in a strike against Kapsan, where hundreds of top North Korean officials were meeting.
www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cvchap3b.htm   (2133 words)

  
 Escort Carrier Photo Index: USS BADOENG STRAIT (CVE-116)
A Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter is catapulted from USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), during operations in the eastern Pacific, circa early 1946.
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) loading Marine Corps F4U-4B Corsair fighters at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, for transportation to Korea, July 1950.
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) underway on 6 August 1952, while en route to the Far East for her third, and final, Korean War deployment.
www.navsource.org /archives/03/116.htm   (685 words)

  
 Coronado Eagle & Journal
He commanded the USS Sirius for two tours in the Pacific and in 1962 was awarded the Battle Efficiency Award.
He took command of the USS Bennington in 1962, overseeing its overhaul in Bremerton, Washington, and conducting antisubmarine warfare and amphibious exercises in the Pacific and Alaskan waters.
The USS Bennington was the first aircraft carrier to visit Juneau, Alaska, proceeding through the Inland Passage and won the covetedaward for the number one outstanding general for ASW aircraft carriers in the Pacific Fleet.
www.coronadonewsca.com /articles/2003/08/29/obituaries/obit02.txt   (854 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Commenced maneuvering to take position astern of USS Perch SS 313 and to accompany the submarine into port.ÄUSS Captaine SS 336 with ComSubRon7 embarked sent word she would accompany the USS Perch SS 313 into port.
USS John R. Craig (DD 885) repaired inoperative machinery and proceeded to rejoin formation at 15 knots.
USS Brinkley Bass (DD 887) moored starboard side of USS John R. Craig (DD 885).~Moored to buoy 19, San Diego Harbor, San Diego, California, in a nest consisting of Destroyer Division ELEVEN, with 5 fathoms of starboard anchor chain
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 USS Philippine Sea (CV 47)
USS PHILIPPINE SEA was the last ESSEX - class aircraft carrier and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name.
Decommissioned on December 28, 1958, and berthed with the Reserve Fleet at Long Beach, she was redesignated as AVT 11 on May 15, 1959.
USS PHILIPPINE SEA was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.
www.navysite.de /cv/cv47.htm   (1847 words)

  
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Sometime around July 12 the ship steamed for Pusan, Korea and was later joined with other ships including the aircraft carrier USS Badoeng Strait, CVE 116.
The Badoeng Strait also received damage to it's forward end of the starboard side of the flight deck.
The Badoeng Strait was known as the "Bing Ding" by its own crew and from then on by the Gunny Sack crew also.
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Commenced steering various courses at various speeds in company with USS MAJOR (DE 796) and USS FLOYD B. PARKS (DD 884) to arrive in area where submarine was sighted.T. McCOOK, ENS, USN16381652€Passed sea buoy San Diego abeam to port, distance 75 yards.
USS ORLECK (DD 886) #3 in column.oCommenced exercise Z-17-cc.
SOPA in USS IOWA (BB 61).JAnchored in berth #111, Coronado Crossroads, San Diego, California, in five (5) fathoms of water, mud bottom, with twenty-five fathoms of chain to the port anchor.
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 VMF-323 AU1 Corsair
The Badoeng Strait docked at Sasebo on 29 Aug. Most of the squadron was immediately given liberty.
On the morning of 6 Sep 1950, the Badoeng Strait was stationed 70 miles west of Inchon.
On 26 Dec 1950, the Badoeng Strait was again heading for waters west of Inchon.
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 DANFS: USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Badoeng Strait, between Bali and the small island of Nusa Besar, Netherlands East Indies, was the site of a battle, 19-20 February 1942, between American-netherlands and Japanese naval forces.
San AIberto Bay was renamed Badoeng Strait 6 November 1943; launched 15 February 1945 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Wash.; sponsored by Mrs.
Badoeng Strait operated out of San Diego until March 1946, when she made a brief cruise to the Hawaiian Islands.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/CVE/cve116.html   (339 words)

  
 USS Badoeng Strait CVE 116 :: Escort Aircraft Carriers :: Aircraft Carriers :: Navy Emporium
USS Badoeng Strait CVE 116 :: Escort Aircraft Carriers :: Aircraft Carriers :: Navy Emporium
This is a fine, heavy, detailed engraving of the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) Ship's Crest on aluminum plate.
This is a beautiful ship display commemorating the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) and all those who served aboard.
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 CG 58 Philippine Sea
The USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME, was commissioned in March 1989 and is homeported in Mayport, FL.
Along with USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Battle Group, the Philippine Sea took part in a Sink Exercise (SINKEX) on August 9, 1998, near Puerto Rico, sinking a decommissioned cruiser, the former USS Richmond K. Turner (CG 20).
The USS Philippine Sea deployed in early 2001 as part of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Battle Group to the Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf, as part of a scheduled six-month deployment.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-58.htm   (2810 words)

  
 Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) Action Reports for Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) Action Reports for Korea
Korean Combat Action Reports for Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) (Note: All action reports have been declassified)
Photo caption: USS Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) on station off Korea in January 1952, 80-G-442614.
www.history.navy.mil /branches/badoeng.html   (212 words)

  
 USS Badoeng Strait CVE 116 - US Navy Fleet - Korean War Project
Comments: My grandfather was on the Badoeng Strait at the time (I believe) of Operation Redwing and I would like to find anyone who may have any information, pictures, etc. He was the ship's doctor - Melvin Stein.
I'm looking for information on the USS Badoeng Strait during the period from 1953-1956.
On Sun, 12 Jul 1998 Peter Burke Email address wrote: cve116 datein: 1954 dateout: 1956 comments: I'm looking for information on the USS Badoeng Strait during the period from 1954-1956.
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 Amazon.com: "Badoeng Strait": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
UNDER FIRF, 331 "Well, when the Badoeng Strait-the aircraft carrier, Jeanette, that brought Marine Air Group 33 from San Diego-got close enough to fly Corsairs off her to...
By 5 August, VMF-214 and 323 were stationed aboard the USS Sicily (CVE 118) and USS Badoeng Strait (...
The column of ships then turned to port and charged into the Badoeng Strait, a narrow body of water between Bali and the island of Nusa Besar.
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 US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos--Third Series (80259 to 90019)
Pilot rescued 80835 (VMA-312, USS Badoeng Strait) hit by AAA and ditched near Cho-do Nov 24, 1952.
Pilot rescued 81558 (VMA-312, USS Badoeng Strait) hit by AAA, wheels-up landing on beach Aug 2, 1952.
Pilot OK. 82088 (VF-783, USS Bon Homme Richard) hit by AAA NW of Hamhung and crashlanded on sandbar in Song Chon River Sep 27, 1951.
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 The Essex TBM - TBF Avengers
On December 10, 1950, squadron personnel manned TBM-3E aircraft and flew to Yon-Po to assist in the evacuation of wounded personnel from Kotori airstrip nearby the Chosen reservoir.
Along with CVLG47 USS BATAAN; believed to be the longest unbroken period of action during the war.
I pulled chocks and pushed planes on the USS Suwannee during the North African invasion.
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 CDR Henry Morris
He was ordered to duty aboard USS BADOENG STRAIT (CVE 116) ultimately becoming the escort carrier's First Lieutenant.
In April 1955 he was ordered to the destroyer USS WATTS (DD567) as Gunnery Officer.
After commanding USS MILLS (DER 383) from November 1964 to October 1966, CDR Morris served as Head, Surface Ordnance Section, Material Division, Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations, before reporting aboard DEHAVEN.
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 1970-1979
ROBERT D. Assigned USS Currier, USS Badoeng Strait, USS Dextrous, aide to ComTwelve 1955-1956; USS Davis; assigned to BUPERS; student at Naval War College, 1960-1961.
DONALD B. He was Operations Officer on USS McDermut, Commanding Officer on USS Deming, USS Condor, and USS Kite.
Following a teaching tour at USNA, He was Executive Officer on USS Lester, Commanding Officer on USS Sequoia; then a student at the Naval War College, Newport, RI.
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 USS Alvin C. Crockrell DE 366
USS Alvin C. Crockrel DE 366 Refueling from the USS Badoeng Strait
We are seeking information on the USS Alvin C. Crockrel and her crews.
I was searching your site for the destroyer USS Alvin C. Crockrel that my father sailed on during WWII.
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 Operation Chromite
The USS Badoeng Strait, the British carrier HMS Triumph, and four destroyers were a key part of this feint.
The USS Missouri (BB-63) arrived in Korean waters late in the evening of September 14 after dodging several typhoons, having made a full-speed run from the East Coast of the United States.
Smith, commander of Task Force 95, wrote, "When I was informed that the Missouri would join Task Force 95, I planned to use her, the Helena, and several destroyers as a diversionary effort on the east coast, on the same day as the initial marine landings on the west coast at Inchon."'
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 HONORING TWO NAVY VETERANS FROM COLORADO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For 2 years, from 1954 to 1956, Pete and Dominick served together in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Badoeng Strait, CVE 116.
During these operations, Pete and Dominick were part of the crew that remained on the ship's deck during ``Test Series of Atomic Weapons Devices.'' In the distance, H-bombs were exploded and this ship and the crew were subjected to the long range effects of the blasts, on numerous occasions.
Afterwards, Dominick Cardoza was assigned to the USS Lexington, CVA 16, an aircraft carrier.
www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cr/05/oc/06/cr06oc05-18.html   (563 words)

  
 Brief History of the Marines Corps in the Korean War
The next day, the first Marine aviation mission against North Korea was flown from the USS Sicily (CVE-118) by gull-winged Corsairs of Marine Corps Fighter Squadron 214 (VMF-214) in a raid against North Korean installations.
They were subsequently joined by Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323), flying from the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116).
The two squadrons harassed enemy positions and installations near the city of Seoul and close to both the 38th parallel and North Korean Army supply lines.
korea50.army.mil /history/factsheets/marine.shtml   (1469 words)

  
 Korea—3 August 1950—The Corps Goes to War - Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Due to the Badoeng Strait’s loaded deck, we could not fly at all in transit, and the requisite technique was quite precise.
Two hours later I was the first to “trap” aboard the USS Sicily (CVE 118) in the Tsushima Straits.
VMF—323 was aboard the Badoeng Strait and was ready for a fight.
www.leatherneck.com /forums/showthread.php?t=11832   (1536 words)

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